On the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of the legendary musician, Pt. Kumar Gandharva: 10 -12 November 2014
10 November 2014, 05:30 am
On the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of the legendary musician, Pt. Kumar Gandharva: 10 -12 November 2014
Programme Type
Festivals
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Kalapini Komkali, daughter of Pt. Kumar Gandharva
Followed by
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Bhuvanesh Komkali, grandson of Pt. Kumar Gandharva
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
10 November 2014, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Prof. Mushirul Hasan, Noted Historian; Mr. Usha Albuquerque, Columnist and Mrs Suneet Mani Iyer; will discuss, two books on Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh: Unforgettable Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Humour (New Delhi: Rupa Publications, 2014) by David Davidar and Mala Singh and
Khushwant Singh: The Legend Lives On…(New Delhi: Hay House, 2014) edited by Rahul Singh
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, Former Attorney-General of India
Shri Rahul Singh and Ms Mala Dayal will be present during the discussion
Shah Turab Ali Qalandar: A Tribute
07 November 2014, 05:30 am
Shah Turab Ali Qalandar: A Tribute
Programme Type
Cultural
Sufi Kathak
by Manjari Chatuvedi
With Qawwal Janaab Shabi Ahmed from Khairabad, Awadh
Ms Shephali Frost, vocalist from Delhi
Shri Rohit Anand, flautist from Delhi and
Shri Mohit Lal, percussionist from Delhi
Under the ‘22 Khwaja Project’ series conceptualized and directed by Manjari Chaturvedi
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURE Living Sands: The Art and Science Microfossils
07 November 2014, 05:30 am
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURE Living Sands: The Art and Science Microfossils
Programme Type
Talks,
Webcasts
Living Sands: The Art and Science Microfossils
Speaker: Professor P.K. Saraswati, Professor of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Chair:Prof. S.K. Tandon, D.N.Wadia Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur
Life is nearly 4 billion years old on this planet but skeletal formation is a much younger phenomenon during the Cambrian period, about 550 million years ago. The skeletal remains of the organisms evolved since the Cambrian times are preserved as fossils in the rock records.To a scientist, the microfossils are the source of interpretation of geological processes in deep time. Three groups of protists, Foraminifera, Coccolithophores and Radiolarian, will be discussed in the talk for their shell-architecture, as exemplars of co-existence in nature and as indicators of palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate
Himal Lecture 2014
07 November 2014, 05:30 am
Himal Lecture 2014
Programme Type
Talks
Between the People and the Polis: Southasia’s Mega Cities and the Urban Future
Speaker: Mr. Arif Hasan, urban philosopher from Karachi who is well-known internationally as a planner, architect, writer, researcher and activist
Chair: Mr. Kanak Mani Dixit
Chair: Mr. Kanak Mani Dixit
Makers of Modern Asia
06 November 2014, 05:30 am
Makers of Modern Asia
Programme Type
Discussions
Discussion around the new book edited by Ramachandra Guha (New Delhi: Harvard University Press, 2014)
Panelists: Shri Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary; Shri Shiv Shankar Menon, former National Security Adviser; and Dr. Srinath Raghavan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Moderator: Dr. Ramachandra Guha
The War that Changed the World
01 November 2014, 05:30 am
The War that Changed the World
Programme Type
Discussions
Razia Iqbal of BBC in conversation with historians Professor Mridula Mukherjee and Dr. Srinath Raghavan to explore the impact of the First World War on Imperialism. A public audience will join them in the discussion. As the centrepiece of the evening, Dr. Shashi Tharoor will discuss the First World War in a specially commissioned essay
The radio recording of The war that Changed the World: Imperialism will be broadcast across the world by the BBC World Service.
Entry by registration only. For more details and to register, please go to the following website: https://www.eventsforce.net/britishcouncil/35/home or www.britishcouncil.in